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SpeedUp Development, Maintenance and/or Migration with

SpeedUp Development, Maintenance and/or Migration with. Axel Oberländer and James Ryan. About Tools4Plex…. A productivity tool for CA Plex The story behind the tool An example in numbers What do we have right now Where do we want to go. About Tools4Plex….

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  1. SpeedUp Development, Maintenance and/or Migration with Axel Oberländer and James Ryan

  2. About Tools4Plex… • A productivity tool for CA Plex • The story behind the tool • An example in numbers • What do we have right now • Where do we want to go

  3. About Tools4Plex… A productivity tool for CA Plex Tools4Plex has a widerangeoffunctionality This presentationisprimarilyconcernedwiththemenuoptionsPLEXandPlexXML

  4. About Tools4Plex… A productivity tool for CA Plex Menu option: PLEX • Assists in creatingtriplesfor • datamodelandinheritancedefinition • creatingorchangingnametriples • creatingfieldvaluesandliterals • from.csv, Excel, databaseschemas, … • …

  5. About Tools4Plex… A productivity tool for CA Plex Menu option: PlexXML • PlexXML isone View frameworkthatweuse. • Tools4Plex assists in creatingthefilesnecessarytogeneratethepossible PlexXML dialogs • theuserinterface • diverse functionality • View controls(buttons, links, …)

  6. About Tools4Plex… • A productivity tool for CA Plex • The story behind the tool • An example in numbers • What do we have right now • Where do we want to go

  7. About Tools4Plex… The story behind the tool • Early 2011 Thomas joinedusas a developer. • Main skills: softwarearchitect, developer, DB-designer, .Net, SQL, … • Learning CA Plex was hisfirsttask. • He exploredthePlexmodelapiandquicklybegantoautomatetasks he consideredmanually repetitive … Tools4Plexwas born. • Sincethen, wehaven‘tlook back

  8. About Tools4Plex… • A productivity tool for CA Plex • The story behind the tool • An example in numbers • What do we have right now • Where do we want to go

  9. Positioning Tools4Plex Development process: • Datamodel design • Build the datamodel(inside CA Plex) • Entities, Views & Indexes • Fields, Labels & Values • Relations • …. • Analysethe functional groups, determine inheritance • Define and create the inheritance triples • Develop functionality • time passes, new requirements, new systems,…. • Refactoring and migration • Tools4Plex • Tools4Plex • Tools4Plex • Tools4Plex • Tools4Plex • Tools4Plex

  10. Positioning Tools4Plex • The quintessence of Tools4Plex

  11. Positioning Tools4Plex • What is mass modeling • add multiple triples • change multiple triples • namerefactoring • languagetranslation • modeltranslation

  12. About Tools4Plex… • A productivity tool for CA Plex • The story behind the tool • What do we have right now • Where do we want to go

  13. Main processesMenu PLEX Create triplesfrom Schema Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Schema selection and preview of triples to generate

  14. Main processes Menu PLEX  Creatingtriples Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Results in CA Plex ObjectBrowser All objectsmadereal. Fields inheritfromtherequiredbasefields.

  15. An example in numbers… Textile industry - ERP/PPS system written in Synon • 500 Entities • 8.500 Fields • with 14.400 Labels • 215.500 Values (with inherited values, absolute 33.500) • 5.400 Attributes • 18.500 ImplNames & FileNames (autonaming?) • 400 Qualifier • 490 Physical tables • 1.470 Views • = 85.000 Object definitions

  16. An example in numbers… Example in numbers Textile industry - ERP/PPS system written in Synon = 85.000 Object definitions / triples / … + error correction + quality control = how long do you think? • With Tools4Plex in less than one day !Without the definitions necessary inside the tool to describe the naming rules, datatype mapping, etc. This means another 2-3 days.

  17. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  .csv-import Example: importof a db-schema in .csv-format

  18. Main processes Menu PLEX  Add triples Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Depending on theselectedobjectsandverbnames, newtriplesarecreated. Example: EntIsEnt DEMO

  19. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  Change triples

  20. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  Process What was just shown, canbepackagedintoprocess-steps (whichcancontaintripletemplates) andexecutedagainstselectedobjects.

  21. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  Template triples View ofpredefinedtriple-templates

  22. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  Process • Additional process-stepscanbeaddedthatexecutethingslike: • Delete filesfrom GEN-directory • GenerateandBuildoperations • Groupmodeloperations • Tools4Plex-database operations • Check futurelengthofautomaticallygeneratedimplnamesandfilenames • … DEMO

  23. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox Create triples(Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  ModelViewer • Left (TreeView) • Explore all typesofobjectswithitstargetobjects, triples, attributesanddependencies • Right (Details) • ObjectProperties • ActionDiagramifavailable DEMO?

  24. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX  Definevirtualfields Left (TreeView) All entitieswith all theirattributes, todefinethefieldsthatcanactasvirtualfields, when not defined in yourmodel. This isrequiredforthe PlexXML UI

  25. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexBox  Create triples (Templates) Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PLEX End of Part 1 Need more?

  26. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML • PlexXML DialogBuilder • Create andstorebrowserbasedstandardpanelsfortheadministrationof all thetables in a breath. • Tabularview (Grid) • Detailpanel witheditingfunctionality • combinedtabularanddetailpanels • MasterDetailandMasterTab • PanelChildBuilder • Definition ofmorecomplexdialogsbycombiningexistingpanels.

  27. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex PlexXML… thebeginning • Who knows PlexXML? • Who uses PlexXML? • What is PlexXML? A dynamic CA Plex web client using XML, Ajax, JavaScript • I began with PlexXML in 2009 with quick success in the tutorial, however... • PlexXML relies heavily on Java/xsl/xslttechnology, which I don’t know that well, being a tool person. • “Anything difficult to do manually, should be automated” Tools4Plex forPlexXMLwas born • Following the development of Tools4Plex forPlexXML, most of the steps necessary to get the PlexXML based UI and functionality up and running, was automated (2011/2012)

  28. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  DialogBuilder

  29. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  DialogBuilder PanelChilddialog

  30. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  DialogBuilder Detail viewwitheditingfunctionality

  31. Different aspectsof Tools4Plex • Main processes • Menu PlexXML • DialogBuilder • MasterDetail • Dialog

  32. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox  DialogBuilder Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  DialogBuilder • MasterTab Dialog

  33. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  DialogBuilder DEMO?

  34. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  PanelChild Combine existingdialogstoget a newand powerful PanelChilddialog…

  35. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  PanelChild …andletTools4Plex generatethenecessarycode

  36. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  Webbrowser Automaticnavigationtoeverygeneratedrequest. ofyourapplication, togettheinformationwritteninto PlexXML-database !!

  37. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  XMLfiles Browse through all ofthegeneratedxml,xsl/xslt-files andthecodecontained

  38. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  XMLMenu Create all themenusneededtotestyourfunctions…withoneclick. Whenready, drag `n dropthemenuitemstotheirrespectivemenus.

  39. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  XMLFormat View on generatedfunctionsandformats. Create comboboxesand/orthehyperlinksyouwantwithintheformats.

  40. Hauptfunktionen  Die PlexXMLBox Different aspectsof Tools4Plex Main processes Menu PlexXML  XMLAllabout Central viewof PlexXML tablesthatdefineyourmenus, functions, formatsandtranslations. Forexample: Herethemenutabisactive, so themenuitemscreatedbyTools4Plex can be seen

  41. About Tools4Plex… • A productivity tool for CA Plex • The story behind the tool • An example in numbers • What do we have right now • Where do we want to go

  42. Where do wewanttogo? About Tools4Plex… Continuedintegrationoffurtherpresentationlayers. Who wantstobefirst?

  43. TE@MCONSULT Group • Employees TSD(Group) • 6+(30) • 3(12) Development • 2(4)Consulting, Services and Support • 1(3) Marketing and Sales • 1(3) Backoffice • External Contractors • 5(8) Company TE@MCONSULT Ltd.Solutions & Development HoheBrück 7 60437 Frankfurt am Main TE@MCONSULT Solutions & People Ltd. Steinhauserstrasse 16042399 Wuppertal TE@MCONSULT Sales Force Ltd.Steinhauserstrasse 160A42399 Wuppertal Speakers Bio Name: Axel Oberländer Developer: since 1983 CA 2E: since 1988 CA Plex: since 1995 (Obsydian r1.02) Club Lava Member #: 32 Mail: axel.oberlaender@teamconsult.de URL: www.teamconsult.de Name: James D. Ryan Developer: since 1981 CA 2E: since 1987 CA Plex: since 1995 (Obsydian r1.02) Partners 5in D, CH and I Customers > 70 companies and organisations, in D-I-CH

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